V.Y. Mudimbe
Born
in Likasi, Belgian Congo
December 08, 1941
Died
April 22, 2025
Genre
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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
10 editions
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1988
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Before the Birth of the Moon
5 editions
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published
1976
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The Idea of Africa
11 editions
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published
1994
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Between Tides
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4 editions
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published
1991
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Rift (Exxon Lecture Series)
2 editions
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published
1979
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SHABA DEUX
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Tales of Faith: Religion As Political Performance in Central Africa
5 editions
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published
1997
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The Surreptitious Speech: Presence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness 1947-1987
3 editions
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published
1992
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Nations, Identities, Cultures
6 editions
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published
1997
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Parables and Fables: Exegesis, Textuality, and Politics in Central Africa
4 editions
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1991
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“Suddenly it becomes possible that there are just others, that we ourselves are an “otherâ€� among others.”
― The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
― The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
“I was struck by a shallow figure of speech. . . . that Christianity is the handmaiden of capitalism.”
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“Isn't simplification sometimes impoverishment? How to convey the richness of the message with a poverty of symbols. If we oversimplify the form, don't we kill the content?”
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